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Patented Qct. 2Q, 1925.

1 UNITED STATES PA ENT OFFICE.

- HENRY I. GEIGER, OF LOVELAND CHIC ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF '10 WALTER R.

BAUCK, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

. CONTAINER.

.Application'flled October 17, 1923. Serial No. 669,177.

To all whom it may concern? Be it known that I. Hnxnv F. Graces, a citizen of the United States. .and a resident of Loveland, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers, of which the following is a full. clear, and exact description. reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates tocontainers or kegs, particularly of a type to act. as shipping packages andcontainers for various materials, bodies, such as nails and like objects.

The efl'ort to provide containers capable of shipment in a knockdown condition, and so as to permit'theuse of metal in its construction, which is cheaper than wood. has

simple means-of removing the desired head, 7

Fi re 1.

brought forth a number of devices. none of which to my knowledge is as simple, effective and easy to make and use. as the device of my. invention.

- for a chime at either or bothends thereof,

in combination with an improved means for removably mounting a head in each chime. preferably in a manner which permits its ready removal, the device, together with a for use of the keg contents.

These objects I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be more-specifically pointed .out and claimed.

In the drawings: .Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of my device.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fi re 1.

igure 3 is a section on the line t will be noted that my barrel bodyis formed of a piece of sheet metal 1, formed except at the two ends with a simple seam of folds 2, 3, so that in setting up the barrel the sheet can be bent into a circle, the folds hooked into each other and a pressing operation applied to flatten down and tightly secure the seam.

In the preferred construction of container both ends of the body of the barrel or container and the heads therefor are similarly formed and constructed, but in some in stances it may be desirableto provide my the sheet at the ends ,as at 6. in a well rounded. Fold line. and extended inwardly to Form a- Wall 6 within the body concentric thereto and provide an inner chime wall 4 spaced from the chime wall 4. At 7. the wall. 6 is headed peripherally. in like manner to the bead first mentioned in line therewith for a purpose which will later appear.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen' that I provide a bead and a groove, one carried by the body and the other carried by the flange. and preferably dispose them in the same plane to enable the head to be simplified in its construction.'

The top and bottom heads of the barrel are not shown as the same. although they may be interchangeable. if desired. Each head comprises a body portion 9. preferably bent on concentric lines to form an annular recess 10 and a flange ll. the depth of which is preferably equal to the length of the inwardly extending wall 6. The flange 11 is adapted to enter the space between the body of the container and the wall 6. the latter being so disposed that the flange ll will have a relatively close sliding fit between these walls. 12' indicates an outwardly curved portion formed in the flange 11 to provide a bead and a groove arranged to register and interlock with the groove 4 and head 7 provided on the body 1 and flange 6,

respectlvely, whereby the head will be rem'ovably secured in position.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the head for the barrel is positioned by a movement from a point within the barrel outwardly against an annular wall, which being. continuous and unbroken circumferentially prevents the loosening of the head in the chime as a result of the contents of the barrel being forced against the head due to a dropping of the barrel at the same timethe head is removably held in position and may be pushed inwardly by the application of force without damaging the walls of the chime or head. I

In shipping the kegs; the sheets may be readily nested, in a half round shape, and

the heads shipped nested also. 'The top I heads will preferably have a central formed up portion 13, which is dented in at the sides as'at 14 to form a handle, without forming any opening into the kegs.- In setting up the kegs for filling, the sheets 1 are first formed into seamed tubes,

- as has been noted. The onehead is then ber.

- A simpleexpansion tool of any kind may then be'applied to the said chime walls, and

. the parts forced together, closing in the loosely turned-in portion or chime Wall 4 about the flange on the lid, and closing the rounded point at 6. This rounded portion braces the edge of the keg during shipment, and during the filling operation, and is substantially flattened out when the head is in the barrel, giving the edge a double brace.-

The keg is then filled, and as in usual practice, the nails, screws, bolts, nuts or the like articles, for which these kegs will be used are weighed and dumped'into the kegs. By a jarring on the keg they W1ll settle down at the top, leaving ample space for inserting the top head. If suitable space is not left in practice by filling up and jarring down, some means must be adopted for regulating the filling to permit of the insertionoftheheada The keg being filled, the top head is then dropped in, with its flange upwardly, and

pushed downpast the inturned edge of the keg chime, and finally lifted up by the handle until the head flange snaps into bead registering position in the chime, with the head flange between the body and inturned edge, as in the case of the bottom 'head. The parts are then expanded out- Wardly-again, forcing 'l-id flange, innerchime portion, and outer chime portion to-- 'gether firmly and permanently against any chance dislodgment.

.moisture, as all 'joints will be seamed and tight. To remove the top head, it will be tapped down at four or five points, to work the inner flange of the chime away and release the interlocking condition at the beads. If the'head has room to be introduced in the first place, it can be removed-in 'a like manner, but a chance jar will not dislodge it; nor will a bad dent, if such should take place, make it loose in'itsjposition. upon tapping loose the beaded connection, the head can be driven down into the keg, and lifted out.' i

- The chime portions 'of the keg will havev two thicknesses of the main body and the interlying thickness of the head flange, at all points, which will form a very strong chime, well reinforced in -stiffness by the beads. The sheet 1 maybe of corrugated metal, ifdesired, althoughmy opinion is that the plain metal will do just as well.

Having'thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by-Letters Patent, is I I 1. A metal container having inturned flanges at the ends, each end of the body and eachinturned flange being provided with a groove and a bead, respectively, and heads for the container provided with flanges each having a bead anda groove adapted to interlock with those first mentioned when the heads are moved into closing position.

2. A metal container comprising a body having an inturned flange at one end said body and flange being provided with agroove and a bead, respectively, and a head having a flange adapted to fit between the body and its inturned flange and provided with a bead and a groove adapted to interlock with those first mentioned when the head is moved into closing position.

1 HENRY F. GEIGER.

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